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Historical Event on 7/18/1980

Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.