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Historical Event on 6/20/1979

Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
12/8/1999Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
2/3/1912Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
7/1/1997The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.