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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
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
2/3/1990Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
2/21/1672A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.