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Historical Event on 6/4/1997
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1774	British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
2/6/1996	Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
8/17/1992	20 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
8/3/1991	About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
6/1/1997	Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K.
7/5/1997	Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
8/10/1905	Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.
1/9/1982	A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
1/27/1994	55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
8/20/1933	Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

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