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Historical Event on 11/20/1955
Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 5/1/1998 | The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri. |
| 11/1/1966 | Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory. |
| 5/29/1957 | Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training. |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
| 1/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
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