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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9/23/1743Sawai Jaising died.
5/14/1954President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
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.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.