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Historical Event on 4/3/1999

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
5/9/1959Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.