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Historical Event on 8/20/1988

Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
11/30/1909Ramesh Chandra died.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.