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Historical Event on 5/20/1987
G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1863 | Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 7/15/1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
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