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Historical Event on 1/20/1997

The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1947Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
5/2/1954Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.