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Historical Event on 8/20/1996

India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.