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Historical Event on 1/20/1992

Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
5/25/1990Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
6/19/1997Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.