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Historical Event on 6/20/1972
Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1965 | Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 8/2/1885 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 7/13/1997 | A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly). |
| 12/1/1911 | Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born. |
| 12/1/1911 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
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