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Historical Event on 11/20/1990

Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.

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6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.
1/16/1995Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
12/28/1925Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
4/3/1978Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him.