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Historical Event on 12/20/1988

The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
2/28/1937Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
1/19/1963Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.