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Historical Event on 6/19/1981

APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
12/17/1974Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.