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Historical Event on 6/3/1998

The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1946Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
5/1/1886May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
5/27/1962Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.