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Historical Event on 4/11/1999

The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
12/24/1924Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
9/4/1983Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
2/4/1909Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.