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Historical Event on 6/20/1996
Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1999 | The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively. |
| 4/15/1950 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 6/18/2000 | K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
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