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Historical Event on 2/20/1999

India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1954Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
11/6/1946Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.