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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
7/8/1971Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.