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Historical Event on 4/5/1984

Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.