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Historical Event on 1/20/1993
Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1989 | Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 8/5/2000 | Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi. |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
| 6/23/1975 | Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died. |
| 8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
| 2/24/1996 | S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India. |
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