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Historical Event on 6/20/1985

The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
4/18/1612Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.