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Historical Event on 12/20/1978

Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.