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Historical Event on 3/3/1989

Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1993Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
3/21/1977Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.