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Historical Event on 10/20/1960

Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
7/26/1991Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue.
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
6/4/1958The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.