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Historical Event on 1/31/1995
ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1992 | K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away. |
| 3/28/1941 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 5/4/1923 | Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born. |
| 6/27/1995 | Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP. |
| 6/27/2000 | The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
| 1/9/1996 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 10/28/1888 | Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment. |
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