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Historical Event on 12/20/1998

Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
7/27/1910Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.