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Historical Event on 6/19/1981

APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
10/21/1998Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/22/2000Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).