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Historical Event on 11/20/1999
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 11/6/1950 | King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India. |
| 12/14/1962 | Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada. |
| 9/21/1995 | Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi. |
| 2/11/1977 | B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India. |
| 6/15/1949 | Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72. |
| 9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
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