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Historical Event on 6/20/1987
Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 5/11/1626 | Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. |
| 5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 4/17/1975 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras. |
| 9/19/1995 | PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 3/7/1961 | Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
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