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Historical Event on 6/20/1992

Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
3/26/1977Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet.
9/17/1954India outlaws bigamy.
12/6/1992300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.