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Historical Event on 12/20/1993

Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
1/24/1951Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.