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Historical Event on 11/20/1999

P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
11/28/1999The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.