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Historical Event on 7/22/1981

India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
2/6/1994Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
9/19/1927Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.