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Historical Event on 7/20/1654
Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
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| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 2/21/1990 | The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90). |
| 3/12/1944 | No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 6/25/1983 | India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies. |
| 3/1/1971 | Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc. |
| 3/29/1979 | Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/2/1953 | Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India. |
| 2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
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