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Historical Event on 7/20/1680

Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
2/4/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.
1/31/1941Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC).
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.