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Historical Event on 1/31/1995

ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
8/13/1911Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.