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Historical Event on 7/20/1990

GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
12/22/1751Battle of Mandavgargh.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.