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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
9/17/1937Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312.
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
4/29/1882Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
10/10/1999Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.