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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
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
3/23/1919Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.