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Historical Event on 8/30/1983

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.