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Historical Event on 1/20/1996

The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).