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Historical Event on 9/20/1993

First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
8/13/1936Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.