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Historical Event on 10/20/1999

Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
10/3/1957Republican Party of India established.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.