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Historical Event on 6/4/1997

Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.