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Historical Event on 1/20/1988
Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1997 | Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 4/18/1992 | Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India. |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 7/1/1975 | Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 1/18/1997 | India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore. |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
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