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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 |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/8/1920 | A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 6/25/1993 | Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam. |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 8/25/1994 | Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
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