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Historical Event on 8/20/1955
Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1997 | India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
| 1/5/1995 | PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai. |
| 7/4/1899 | Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat . |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 9/22/1952 | Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
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