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Historical Event on 12/20/1999

Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1962India closes its consulates in Communist China.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.