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Historical Event on 12/20/1959
Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 3/12/1967 | Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 11/30/1986 | Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab. |
| 12/20/1757 | Clauk became Governor of Bengal. |
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