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Historical Event on 7/20/1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1978 | 'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 6/13/1909 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala. |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 1/24/1952 | The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema. |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 1/31/1992 | The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body. |
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