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Historical Event on 3/20/1952

Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .