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Historical Event on 10/20/1997

All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.