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Historical Event on 3/20/1998

Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
11/28/1997Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office.