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Historical Event on 12/20/1990

Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1946Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).