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Historical Event on 12/20/1967

Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
7/5/1990G. C. Saxena, J&K Governor, promulgates J&K Disturbed Areas Act, 1990, declaring several districts as disturbed area.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.