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Historical Event on 11/20/1902

Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1993J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders.
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.