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Historical Event on 10/20/1954
Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
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| 1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 1/19/1995 | Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson. |
| 11/7/1991 | Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 3/5/1961 | Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away. |
| 3/9/1994 | Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore. |
| 7/10/1965 | First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior. |
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