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Historical Event on 9/20/1944

Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.