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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
1/4/1954Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.