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Historical Event on 12/20/1988

The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
10/21/1762Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.