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Historical Event on 07/20/1531
Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
| 7/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 2/12/1995 | The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. |
| 10/18/1996 | Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
| 4/30/1992 | Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India. |
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