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Historical Event on 4/20/1971
India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
| 6/26/1955 | Poland and India affirm Panchsheel. |
| 3/1/1930 | Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras. |
| 6/29/1924 | Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 10/17/1940 | Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
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