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Historical Event on 4/4/1984

Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .