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Historical Event on 4/20/1997

Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
6/4/1941National Seva Dal was established.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
8/25/1998Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.