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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 |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 4/29/1960 | Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 9/17/1938 | Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 4/6/1955 | Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died. |
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