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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
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
1/1/1955Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.