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Historical Event on 11/20/1990

Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1916M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born.
7/20/1911Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.