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Historical Event on 10/20/1989

Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
10/26/1934Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.