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Historical Event on 6/4/1997
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 12/28/2000 | The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha. |
| 7/13/1998 | The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill. |
| 12/6/1976 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
| 5/20/1991 | A. S. L. V. was launched. |
| 10/2/1969 | Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
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