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Historical Event on 1/20/1995
Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/1990 | Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions. |
| 9/16/1929 | Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari). |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 11/10/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 12/16/1999 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
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