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Historical Event on 7/20/1993
British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
| 3/1/1989 | Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away. |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 4/24/1972 | Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
| 4/11/1906 | K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
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