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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
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
9/17/1998Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
5/18/1772Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.