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Historical Event on 12/20/1959
Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/30/1915 | Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi. |
| 6/19/1999 | The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart. |
| 1/12/2000 | T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
| 7/12/2000 | 67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb. |
| 1/11/1960 | Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
| 8/1/1997 | Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad. |
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