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Historical Event on 9/20/1932
Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 1/10/1995 | 26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
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