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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.