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Historical Event on 12/20/1988
The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 9/21/1898 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 7/17/1997 | K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state. |
| 6/9/1659 | Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara. |
| 9/7/1999 | Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast. |
| 10/3/1890 | Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 7/18/1980 | Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India. |
| 10/5/1997 | Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country. |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
| 8/1/1922 | Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat . |
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