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Historical Event on 10/20/1998

Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
7/3/199625 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.
11/28/1956Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India.