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Historical Event on 11/20/1969
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
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| 2/24/1997 | Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 1/4/1881 | Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started. |
| 6/6/1909 | Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 6/6/1924 | S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born. |
| 1/8/1995 | Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
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