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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
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
2/16/1905Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
1/1/1900Doordrahsan was started. Doordarshan is an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, which is owned by the Broadcasting Ministry of India and is one of two divisions of Prasar Bharati.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.