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Historical Event on 9/20/1989
IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
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