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Historical Event on 6/20/1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 3/16/1999 | Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 6/5/1995 | Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam. |
| 1/17/1989 | Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 9/5/1990 | Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee. |
| 12/3/1971 | Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
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