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Historical Event on 1/20/1988

Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
7/21/1936Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.