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Historical Event on 8/13/1951
First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 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. |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
| 5/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
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