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Historical Event on 5/20/1996

Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
11/30/1995G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.