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Historical Event on 7/20/1986
India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1817 | Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College. |
| 1/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 11/22/1988 | Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 1/19/1982 | Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal. |
| 1/28/1895 | Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
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