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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
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London