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Historical Event on 9/20/1997

President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
10/31/1975Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
1/16/1995Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
4/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
10/29/2000Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.