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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 |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 4/1/1962 | Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government. |
| 3/3/1931 | Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops. |
| 5/13/2000 | The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 6/7/1974 | Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
| 5/13/1994 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 8/19/1994 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 4/13/1947 | Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established. |
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