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Historical Event on 4/5/1984
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 7/5/1882 | Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music. |
| 7/5/1882 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty. |
| 7/28/1912 | Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 10/14/1980 | S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died. |
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