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Historical Event on 6/20/1987

Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
8/19/1976Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.