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Historical Event on 6/20/1948

Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
12/14/1910Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
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