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Historical Event on 4/4/1984

Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
4/8/1894Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.