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Historical Event on 8/10/1979

Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
12/21/1881Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.