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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
5/19/1953State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.