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Historical Event on 10/20/1999

Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.