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Historical Event on 4/20/1993

Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
7/2/1926Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.