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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
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.