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Historical Event on 12/20/1992

BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
7/1/1985Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.