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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
9/3/1984Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
4/3/1946Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
9/29/1930Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.