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Historical Event on 7/20/1990

GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
12/23/1900Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.