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Historical Event on 5/31/1981
First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/7/1902 | Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932. |
4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
2/4/1974 | Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1924. |
4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
9/20/1998 | India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto. |
6/9/1999 | The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector. |
6/17/1917 | Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
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