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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1998 | The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval. |
| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/26/1844 | Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court. |
| 7/6/1881 | Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 6/6/1997 | Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. |
| 1/30/1996 | Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
| 3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
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