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Historical Event on 7/21/1988

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
2/24/1936Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
6/10/1987Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.