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Historical Event on 3/21/1966
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/30/1903 | Bhagwati Charan Varma was born. |
| 12/11/1687 | Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 4/11/1993 | Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away. |
| 4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
| 2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 6/12/2000 | The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful. |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
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