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Historical Event on 8/20/1995
Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1926 | Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943). |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
| 10/28/1997 | Gold import placed under Open General Licence. |
| 10/3/2000 | India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 8/29/1880 | Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born. |
| 3/21/1994 | Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi. |
| 11/11/1793 | English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
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