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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
10/21/1999Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
1/15/1998Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.