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Historical Event on 12/20/1904
Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1979 | Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 1/15/1948 | Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
| 1/15/1948 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 11/5/1976 | Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year. |
| 10/6/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 2/6/1952 | George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
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