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Historical Event on 7/20/1986

India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
11/6/1988The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.