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Historical Event on 8/20/1995
India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/2000 | Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
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