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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
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.