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Historical Event on 10/20/1954
Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
11/9/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
5/21/1935 | Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life. |
1/4/1931 | Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement. |
4/24/1972 | Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
10/9/1996 | PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14. |
12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
11/15/1989 | Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi. |
10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
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