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Historical Event on 4/20/1989

Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born