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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1987P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
1/9/1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.