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Historical Event on 3/8/1998

Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
11/1/1992Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
5/27/1952The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.