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Historical Event on 6/20/1946
Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 6/4/1958 | The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range. |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 9/9/1997 | G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 2/24/1995 | 25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati. |
| 8/30/1991 | Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away. |
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