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Historical Event on 4/3/1984
Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/27/1967 | Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune. |
11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
9/15/1967 | Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died. |
1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
1/18/1906 | Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur. |
7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
2/11/1998 | The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group. |
1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
10/22/1983 | The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years. |
2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
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