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Historical Event on 9/29/1997
IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1857 | Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly. |
| 12/21/1788 | Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
| 11/1/1966 | Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
| 11/1/1966 | Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore. |
| 6/4/1958 | The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
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