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Historical Event on 6/20/1911

Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
6/25/2000The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
3/9/1997Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.