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Historical Event on 3/1/1993

India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
11/9/1962Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
10/18/1980The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.