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Historical Event on 10/20/1947
First battle between India and Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/2000 | The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively. |
| 10/27/2000 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 3/28/1956 | Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras. |
| 3/27/2000 | Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta. |
| 9/27/1977 | Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/25/1992 | Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 5/20/1994 | K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
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