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Historical Event on 3/20/1998

Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
8/13/1913Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.