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Historical Event on 6/20/1972
Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
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| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 4/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
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