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Historical Event on 7/21/1988

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.