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Historical Event on 10/20/1963
Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1829 | Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born. |
| 7/22/1993 | R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges. |
| 2/24/1961 | Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/24/1993 | IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar. |
| 4/8/1997 | India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi. |
| 2/12/1928 | Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike. |
| 10/17/1949 | The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 10/9/1963 | Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died. |
| 9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
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