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Historical Event on 4/20/1993

Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
4/16/1996Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days).
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.