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Historical Event on 5/20/1878

Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.