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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
6/25/16586th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.