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Historical Event on 11/20/1981

Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.

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6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
12/31/1910Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
6/2/1975Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
7/9/2000India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.