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Historical Event on 12/20/1999
Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 9/19/1997 | A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
| 10/22/1999 | Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term. |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 5/27/1996 | A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 7/15/1993 | JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC. |
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