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Historical Event on 6/20/1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
9/13/1990 | An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka. |
3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
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