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Historical Event on 6/20/1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1976 | Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 7/7/1999 | The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector. |
| 10/30/1909 | Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay. |
| 9/2/1911 | Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara. |
| 6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
| 3/17/1905 | Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born. |
| 8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
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