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Historical Event on 11/20/1969
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
| 6/5/1996 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 6/23/1975 | Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died. |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
| 2/16/1905 | Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 4/27/1996 | First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
| 1/2/1878 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State. |
| 4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
| 11/5/1605 | Accession of Jahangir |
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