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Historical Event on 8/30/1983
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1779 | Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born. |
| 7/4/1985 | Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi. |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 9/9/1952 | Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 9/11/1968 | Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam. |
| 7/10/1964 | Bangalore University was established in Karnataka. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
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