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Historical Event on 11/20/1997
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
12/7/1902 | Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932. |
12/11/1908 | New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.' |
11/5/1997 | Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents. |
7/12/1947 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
8/18/1957 | Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961. |
12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
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