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Historical Event on 12/20/1993
Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/23/1993 | Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa. |
7/24/1997 | Mahasweta 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. |
1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
10/18/1995 | President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
2/19/1974 | Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai. |
1/24/1951 | Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi. |
3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
12/6/1992 | 300,000 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. |
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