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Historical Event on 5/20/1991

A. S. L. V. was launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
12/31/1941Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.