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Historical Event on 12/20/1999
The Delhi HC dismisses a plea from Rajendra Yadav challenging his retirement from the Prachar Bharati Board.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/29/1988 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
| 8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 12/10/1878 | Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 6/24/1990 | Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
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