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Historical Event on 8/20/1988

Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
10/27/1987Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.