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Historical Event on 8/20/1988
Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
| 1/9/1995 | T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections. |
| 4/7/1934 | Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India. |
| 10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
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