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Historical Event on 12/20/1988
The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 10/16/1990 | Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died. |
| 11/15/1988 | Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 6/22/1910 | Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died. |
| 6/30/1993 | AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF. |
| 7/14/1854 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born. |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
| 11/18/1937 | 1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
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