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Historical Event on 12/20/1990

Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1897Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
12/24/1924Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
3/13/2000Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.
12/11/1991The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.