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Historical Event on 3/20/1965
Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/5/1992 | Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President. |
| 4/1/2000 | India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran. |
| 2/22/1854 | Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 7/20/1829 | Jankibai passed away in jail. |
| 1/28/2000 | Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup. |
| 11/29/1928 | Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
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