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Historical Event on 11/20/1955

Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.