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Historical Event on 7/20/1636
John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1757 | Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta. |
| 12/22/1998 | Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998. |
| 7/2/1992 | Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet. |
| 4/3/1987 | S.H. Vatsyayan passed away. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
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