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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.

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6/8/1992	Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
2/24/1988	Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
10/19/1967	Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
8/12/1991	Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
7/20/1916	Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
12/10/1918	Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
6/10/1890	Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
9/16/1955	Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
12/10/1905	Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
9/6/1993	CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).

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