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Historical Event on 12/20/1988
The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
| 9/10/1623 | Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him. |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
| 5/15/1864 | Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
| 5/12/1923 | Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born. |
| 5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 6/26/1982 | First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay). |
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