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Historical Event on 06/20/0712
Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 7/14/1997 | Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots. |
| 12/16/1999 | India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 4/15/1926 | Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab. |
| 7/1/1999 | Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA). |
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