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Historical Event on 9/20/1996

Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
4/10/1999Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).