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Historical Event on 3/1/1909

First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
7/1/1938Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
1/4/1998V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
6/29/1993Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
12/20/1969Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.