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Historical Event on 1/6/1979

Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1952Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
12/14/1864Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.