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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.