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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
4/15/1975Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
12/3/1882Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
6/20/1992Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.