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Historical Event on 8/20/1988
Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 12/20/1850 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 6/14/1886 | Orphanage for little girls was established. |
| 4/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India. |
| 4/24/1998 | 24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra. |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
| 9/19/1997 | India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
| 6/5/1997 | I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation. |
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