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Historical Event on 12/20/1993

Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
11/18/1964Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.