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Historical Event on 5/20/1677
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1929 | British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 6/1/1959 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director. |
| 12/20/1876 | Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"". |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 2/1/1972 | International Airports Authority of India established. |
| 7/29/1988 | Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow. |
| 5/8/1996 | Poll counting begins. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
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