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Historical Event on 7/20/2000

In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
4/6/1993Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.