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Historical Event on 6/20/1873

Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1889Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.