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Historical Event on 10/20/1969

Punjabrao Agriculture University established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.