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Historical Event on 11/20/1888

Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
9/3/1931Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/20/1997Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.