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Historical Event on 7/20/1990

GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
6/17/1996Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
10/3/1957Republican Party of India established.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.