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Historical Event on 4/3/1984

Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
12/28/1974Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
2/21/1973V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.