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Historical Event on 6/19/1981
APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/9/1923 | First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal. |
| 3/21/1994 | Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 5/4/1832 | Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
| 10/4/1986 | Helicoptor Corporation of India established. |
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