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Historical Event on 6/29/1966
Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 8/25/1969 | Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
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