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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
5/13/1991Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.