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Historical Event on 6/20/1994

Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1928Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
12/30/1971Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.