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Historical Event on 11/20/1998

Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
9/15/1967Ramkrishnarao Burgula, Chief Minister of Hyderabad, died.
11/24/1952Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.