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Historical Event on 11/20/1997
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1993 | The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM. |
| 6/5/1923 | Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 1/4/1994 | Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 8/5/1975 | The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament. |
| 6/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
| 8/3/1970 | Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary. |
| 11/12/1880 | Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra). |
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