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Historical Event on 2/3/1988

INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
10/22/1997Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.