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Historical Event on 4/20/1914
Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
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| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 9/1/1981 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984. |
| 6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 9/19/2000 | Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 12/1/1911 | Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born. |
| 3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
| 12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
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