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Historical Event on 2/20/1999

India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
9/26/1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
5/25/1899Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.