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Historical Event on 8/20/1996
India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 10/10/1952 | US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
| 4/11/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai. |
| 3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
| 3/9/1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 4/2/1679 | Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/9/1911 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
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