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Historical Event on 3/21/1966
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 3/20/2000 | Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State. |
| 8/8/1949 | India concludes a treaty with Bhutan. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 4/22/1991 | Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal. |
| 10/24/1994 | Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 4/1/1869 | Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 8/14/1920 | Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born. |
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