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Historical Event on 6/20/1921

Tilak University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
1/15/1656Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.