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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
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.