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Historical Event on 11/20/1947
Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 4/8/2000 | Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 5/19/1911 | K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 6/18/1926 | Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P). |
| 8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 2/6/1955 | 55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 12/16/1998 | The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests. |
| 12/27/1936 | Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism. |
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