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Historical Event on 1/20/1988

Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.