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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
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
4/6/1956Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.