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Historical Event on 2/20/2000
India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 12/19/2000 | A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city. |
| 6/28/1993 | A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 5/23/1914 | The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London. |
| 2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 8/3/1947 | Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
| 10/20/1962 | The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
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