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Historical Event on 5/20/1991

General Election (10th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1948Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action on Hyderabad for anti national policy's of Nijam of Hyderabad and Rijvi Rajakar's.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.