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Historical Event on 9/20/1999

Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.