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Historical Event on 1/20/1999

Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
2/20/2000Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.