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Historical Event on 1/20/1995

Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
4/4/1998G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad.
4/4/1998Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.