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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 |
| 4/4/1997 | World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion. |
| 3/21/2000 | The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 11/22/1989 | Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away. |
| 3/7/1952 | Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles. |
| 3/31/1843 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 8/15/1950 | Indian Constitution goes into effect. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 8/25/1996 | 194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath . |
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