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Historical Event on 3/5/1999

The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
5/2/1985Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
4/18/1914Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.