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Historical Event on 1/20/1997
Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1982 | Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal. |
| 12/14/1979 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 1/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away. |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
| 10/2/1910 | D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
| 1/29/1912 | Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
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