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Historical Event on 4/28/1848
Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
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| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 3/27/1878 | Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
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