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Historical Event on 4/20/1993
Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1930 | A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign. |
| 10/23/1999 | V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case. |
| 6/6/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India ends. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 7/21/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission. |
| 6/11/1995 | PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France. |
| 5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
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