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Historical Event on 12/20/1967
Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 10/14/1989 | Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 6/18/2000 | K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine. |
| 10/24/1984 | First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 11/5/1927 | Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi. |
| 8/29/2000 | Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders. |
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