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Historical Event on 8/10/1979

Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
11/8/1927Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.