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Historical Event on 4/20/1989

Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
4/30/1909Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.