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Historical Event on 3/20/2000

Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/16/1931R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.