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Historical Event on 7/20/1955

Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.

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7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
6/20/1997Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
6/28/1787Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.