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ALKA YAGNIK |
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March 20 - Birthday |
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Anand AMRITRAJ |
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March 20 - Birthday |
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ARJUN SINGH (Politician) |
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March 20, 2006: Re-elected as Member of the
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March 20, 1922: He was imprisoned on this
day for the first time. In 1922, he published Siraiyil Tavam (Meditation
in jail), a day-to-day account of his first imprisonment by the British
from December 21, 1921 till this day. |
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DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY |
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Mar-20, 1602
- Founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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FAREED RAFIQ ZAKARIA |
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March 20, 2009: He was conferred India
Abroad Person of the Year 2008 award on this day. Filmmaker Mira Nair,
who won the award for year 2007, honoured her successor. |
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HOMI JEHANGIR BHABHA |
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March 20, 1941: He was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society. |
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INDIA-DEFENCE-MISSILES-BRAHMOS |
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March 20, 2013 - The submarine-launched variant of
Brahmos was test fired successfully for the first time from a submerged
pontoon near Visakhapatnam at the coast of Bay of Bengal. This was the
first vertical launch of a supersonic missile from a submerged
platform. The missile can be launched from a depth of 40 to 50
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INDIA -
MANIPUR |
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March 20, 2017:
The nearly five-month-long economic blockade on the two
National Highways of Manipur by the United Naga Council has come to an
end since last night. This came after successful tripartite talks among
the representatives of the Centre, new BJP State Government and the UNC
at Senapati District Headquarters yesterday.
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INDIAN RAILWAYS - MISHAPS |
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March 20, 2014 – Six coaches of a local train at
Titwala station, near Kalyan in Maharashtra, got uncoupled from the rest
of the train. It derailed and killed an 18-year-old student and nine
others. |
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KANGANA RANAUT |
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March 20 - Birthday |
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KHUSHWANT SINGH |
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March 20 - Death Anniversary |
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LORD CURZON |
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March 20 - Death Anniversary |
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MADAN LAL |
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March 20 - Birthday |
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MANOHAR GAJANAN JOSHI |
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March 20, 2006: He was elected for a
six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on this day after being defeated in the
previous Lok Sabha election from the Central Mumbai constituency. |
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MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ |
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March 20 - Death Anniversary |
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MUKUL ROY |
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March 20, 2012: On this day, he was sworn
in as Railway Minister of India. |
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NALINI AMBADY |
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March 20 - Birth Anniversary |
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NARI CONTRACTOR |
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March 20, 1962: His
international career was ended abruptly by a serious injury
on this day. His skull was fractured by a ball from Charlie Griffith in
West Indies and he narrowly escaped death. |
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NITISH KUMAR |
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March 20, 2001: He became the Chief
Minister of Bihar. |
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| SACHIN TENDULKAR |
March 20, 2001: He scored his 25th test century (126 runs)
at Chennai, India, against Australia; India won the match.
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20, 2009: He scored his 42nd test century (160 runs) at
Hamilton, against New Zealand; India won the match. |
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SHOBHAN BABU |
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March 20 - Death Anniversary |
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SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE |
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March 20, 2006: He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha for
second time from Maharashtra on this day. |
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