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Historical Event on 12/20/1948

Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
2/11/1998Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.