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Historical Event on 9/20/1998

A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1904Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
9/21/1898Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
9/17/1892Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.