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Historical Event on 4/5/1984
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.

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1/2/2000	Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
8/9/1996	Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
1/24/1857	Calcutta University established.
10/3/1992	Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
9/11/1999	India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
4/3/1999	India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
1/22/1903	Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
11/20/1907	Railroad workers strike in India.
4/4/1942	Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
9/26/1992	Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.

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Historical Event on 4/5/1984 Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.

Historical Event on 4/5/1984
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.