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Historical Event on 4/19/1975
First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 10/6/1927 | First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 11/1/1950 | First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out. |
| 4/3/1987 | S.H. Vatsyayan passed away. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
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