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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.