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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
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
11/12/1946Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
3/27/1997Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.