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Historical Event on 4/3/1999

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
12/15/1749Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
1/22/1877Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.