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Historical Event on 12/20/1978
Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 12/6/1993 | Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
| 10/24/1904 | Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 4/1/1962 | Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government. |
| 5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
| 2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 1/30/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
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