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Historical Event on 10/20/1990
Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/24/1924 | Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born. |
9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
8/1/1997 | Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30. |
11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
11/5/1920 | Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities. |
1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
8/28/1934 | Justice Sujata Manohar was born. |
4/26/1993 | Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers. |
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