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Historical Event on 3/1/1993

India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1999Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.