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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.