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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.