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Historical Event on 6/20/1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1995 | Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 10/23/1883 | Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 6/28/1921 | Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 12/3/1790 | Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
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