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Historical Event on 6/20/1993

Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
4/18/1904Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
6/30/1981Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.