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Historical Event on 4/19/1975

First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
9/15/1862Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
12/16/1990Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM.
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
11/22/1990Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.