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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
6/11/1921Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P.
8/25/1990GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.