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Historical Event on 4/17/1983
Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1908 | Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women. |
| 1/18/1913 | Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year. |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
| 10/25/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 4/23/1929 | The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime. |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 2/15/1992 | Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away. |
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