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Historical Event on 1/20/1992

Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1992Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
4/30/1870Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
10/19/2000The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'