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Historical Event on 3/20/1952

Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.