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Historical Event on 6/20/1939

Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1939Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
10/2/1910Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.