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Historical Event on 6/20/1996

Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
9/13/1997India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.