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Historical Event on 4/4/1984

Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
10/21/1999Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.