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Historical Event on 11/20/1947
Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1971 | Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died. |
| 8/29/1976 | Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh. |
| 4/27/2000 | Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
| 1/8/1996 | Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit. |
| 3/25/1916 | S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 6/18/1993 | The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva. |
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