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Historical Event on 5/20/1677

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.

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5/5/1944Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
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1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
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