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Historical Event on 12/20/1999
The Delhi HC dismisses a plea from Rajendra Yadav challenging his retirement from the Prachar Bharati Board.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
| 5/9/1997 | Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar. |
| 8/19/1910 | Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala. |
| 8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 1/25/1880 | Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced. |
| 1/5/1893 | Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions. |
| 7/8/1996 | Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water. |
| 2/17/1997 | Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act. |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
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