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Historical Event on 5/20/1677
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 12/19/1860 | Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died. |
| 6/14/1961 | Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died. |
| 12/26/1801 | Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 12/28/1995 | Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service. |
| 7/13/1995 | Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away. |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
| 5/5/1906 | Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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