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Historical Event on 7/20/1993

British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
7/16/1981India performs nuclear Test.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.