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Historical Event on 8/30/1983

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
1/20/1990Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
12/12/1999R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.