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Historical Event on 6/20/1873

Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1986The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
7/21/1934Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.