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Historical Event on 4/20/1887
Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
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| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 12/10/1886 | Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore. |
| 12/21/1992 | BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast. |
| 7/12/1947 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 1/22/1760 | In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
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