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Historical Event on 2/20/1999

Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
9/15/1862Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.