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Historical Event on 12/20/1990

Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
10/19/1999Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
4/15/1946Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.