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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
8/29/1992Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, .
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
12/4/1898Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian Scientist and Physicist-Philosopher, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
10/30/1889Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P.