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Historical Event on 9/20/1999
Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 6/4/1993 | The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP. |
| 2/1/1972 | International Airports Authority of India established. |
| 3/9/1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 2/2/1993 | Prices of iron and steel hiked. |
| 12/4/1992 | RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi. |
| 1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
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