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Historical Event on 2/20/1999

India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
1/27/1994Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
12/27/1911Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
6/14/1997Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II).