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Historical Event on 8/15/1990

India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
6/3/1992Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.