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Historical Event on 6/4/1997

Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
6/3/1947Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
8/5/1907Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.