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Historical Event on 6/20/1897

Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.