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Historical Event on 2/20/1929

K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
11/10/1989Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.