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Historical Event on 4/3/1999
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1987 | The Bofors Deal. |
| 8/2/1858 | British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'. |
| 4/19/1998 | Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 4/3/1984 | Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi. |
| 10/28/1981 | Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta. |
| 11/25/1962 | Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 3/3/1993 | Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
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