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Historical Event on 7/20/1986

India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
12/30/1887Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, leader of India Freedom Movement, Law expert, Educationist, Litterateur and founder of ""Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan"", was born at Bharuch.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
3/12/1913Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.