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Historical Event on 11/20/1969
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 9/23/1990 | World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups. |
| 7/10/1992 | SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
| 1/21/1999 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
| 1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
| 11/8/1968 | Jansattak Party established. |
| 10/30/1909 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 1/28/1933 | India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge. |
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