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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/04/1997 |
Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service. |
| 06/04/1997 |
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 06/04/1997 |
Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan. |
| 06/04/1902 |
Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 06/04/1903 |
Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
| 06/04/1912 |
Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala. |
| 06/04/1926 |
Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax. |
| 06/04/1932 |
Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away. |
| 06/04/1936 |
Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 06/04/1941 |
National Seva Dal was established. |
| 06/04/1947 |
Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 06/04/1947 |
Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away. |
| 06/04/1953 |
University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 06/04/1955 |
Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated. |
| 06/04/1958 |
The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range. |
| 06/04/1959 |
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga. |
| 06/04/1972 |
First Environment Day. |
| 06/04/1986 |
Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 06/04/1987 |
A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 06/04/1989 |
Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
| 06/04/1992 |
Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 06/04/1993 |
L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 06/04/1993 |
The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP. |
| 06/04/1994 |
Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'. |
| 06/04/1997 |
Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 01/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 02/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
| 09/04/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 09/01/1921 | Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990. |
| 07/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 10/27/1926 | Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 08/01/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
| 07/05/1947 | Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 03/13/1971 | Fifth General Election of India ends. |
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