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Historical Event on 6/30/1817

Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.

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4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
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12/23/1954Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
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