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Historical Event on 5/20/1991

General Election (10th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
4/3/1978Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.