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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 |
| 8/28/1993 | President's rule in J&K extended for another six months. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 9/24/1999 | India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 5/14/1992 | LTTE banned in India. |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 4/15/1895 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort. |
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