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Historical Event on 9/30/1999

India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.