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Historical Event on 8/20/1995

India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.