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Historical Event on 8/20/1909
Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 12/3/1948 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief. |
| 1/28/1992 | Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away. |
| 1/2/1953 | Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India. |
| 2/11/1993 | Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 12/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections. |
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