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Historical Event on 4/19/1975

First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
5/11/1885Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away.
11/2/1999BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).