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Historical Event on 5/20/1994

Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1997Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.