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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 |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 2/12/1995 | The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/11/1931 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
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