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Historical Event on 3/1/1993

India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
9/18/1958Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.