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Historical Event on 10/20/1998

Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.