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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 |
| 10/9/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 11/24/1998 | Polling is held in 626 assembly constituencies spread over four States - Delhi, Madhya Prades, Mizoram and Rajasthan. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 12/11/1998 | Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 3/22/1739 | Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 10/4/1996 | Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case. |
| 1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
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