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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 |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
| 3/24/1968 | The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 11/24/1948 | Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 5/27/1952 | The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
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