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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
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
1/30/1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1950India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries.
7/1/1902K. S. Ranjit Singh ""Ranji"" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex.