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Historical Event on 12/20/1987

Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
8/25/1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
11/24/1997Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.