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Historical Event on 6/20/1992

The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.

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5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
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7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
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4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
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5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.