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Historical Event on 2/20/1993

Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1926Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.