Important Days
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Important Events
2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1904 – Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
1905 – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)
1941 – Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (d. 1999)
Death/ Death Anniversary
2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (b. 1921)
