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Historical Event on 8/20/1986

A restructured 20-point programme announced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.