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Historical Event on 7/21/1988
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 7/30/1997 | Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students. |
| 9/18/1941 | Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa. |
| 10/12/1976 | Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 9/8/1910 | Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died. |
| 4/20/1965 | First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest. |
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