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Historical Event on 4/20/1997

Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
7/20/1969Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.