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Historical Event on 8/7/1991

India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
10/22/1873Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
12/11/1991Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle.
3/1/1989Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.