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Historical Event on 6/20/1994

Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
6/3/1865George V, King of England (1910-36), was born.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.