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Historical Event on 4/20/1997

Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).