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Historical Event on 6/20/1992

Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.