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Historical Event on 4/5/1984
Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
| 2/18/2000 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 4/13/1989 | Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988. |
| 8/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
| 1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
| 3/11/1784 | Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 11/22/1916 | Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
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