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Historical Event on 3/20/1926

For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
11/28/1704Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
3/26/1969Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.