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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.

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5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.