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Historical Event on 3/20/1926
For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
| 1/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 9/4/1998 | Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing. |
| 12/1/1921 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 8/8/1942 | 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle. |
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