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Historical Event on 12/20/1967
Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1928 | Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away. |
| 3/30/1994 | Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 4/19/1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 6/25/1908 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 10/4/1974 | India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals. |
| 1/1/1932 | Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started. |
| 2/1/1988 | The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88). |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
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