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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
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
6/18/2000K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.