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Historical Event on 11/20/1967

First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
2/12/1882Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.