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Historical Event on 11/20/1998
V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/2000 | In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel. |
| 4/29/1639 | Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 8/11/1911 | Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 2/24/1994 | Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%. |
| 9/6/1674 | Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it. |
| 9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
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