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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
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.