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Historical Event on 10/20/1969

Punjabrao Agriculture University established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1999The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
12/24/1902Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.