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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 |
| 7/3/1987 | The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 5/12/1992 | Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest. |
| 9/26/1975 | Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 12/21/1929 | Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
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