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Historical Event on 06/20/0712

Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
7/1/1999Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.