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Historical Event on 6/20/1994

Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
12/8/1999Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.