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Historical Event on 10/20/1969

Punjabrao Agriculture University established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
6/18/1901Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
6/20/1994Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.