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Historical Event on 1/20/1997

Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.