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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
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.