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Historical Event on 10/20/1947

First battle between India and Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
4/15/1874Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
7/2/1926Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.