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Historical Event on 3/21/1966

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.