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Historical Event on 5/4/1994
Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1991 | NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes. |
| 12/10/1997 | Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 6/13/1927 | Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82. |
| 5/20/1994 | K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 6/15/1986 | K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
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