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Historical Event on 11/20/1969

Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.