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Historical Event on 2/20/1999

India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.