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Historical Event on 6/20/1996
Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 10/20/1961 | B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died. |
| 1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 6/9/1980 | M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 7/12/2000 | 67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
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