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Historical Event on 4/20/1989

R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1971Aashish Rakesh Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- ), was born in Madras.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
7/22/1992Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.