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Historical Event on 6/20/1992
Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
| 3/17/1982 | President's rule in Kerala. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 7/13/1998 | India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn. |
| 4/15/2000 | Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game. |
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