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Historical Event on 10/20/1960
Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 2/16/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India begins. |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 10/11/1994 | Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 10/31/2000 | The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources' |
| 10/3/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
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