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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.

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4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
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9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
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1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.