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Historical Event on 8/20/1988

Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.