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Historical Event on 3/3/1989

Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.