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Historical Event on 11/20/1947

Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.