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Historical Event on 9/4/1983

INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
7/18/1857The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.