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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
3/29/1963Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.