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Historical Event on 5/4/1994

Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
7/23/1996India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/7/1929Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.