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Historical Event on 12/20/1990

Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
11/24/1973E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.