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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
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
12/10/1989Janardan Swami passed away.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
12/11/1991The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.