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Historical Event on 8/20/1917
Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 7/29/1884 | Tyagraj Paramshiv Kailasam, leading playwright of Kannad language, was born. |
| 1/15/1996 | Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre. |
| 4/13/1988 | Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK. |
| 8/3/1905 | Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/17/2000 | V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case. |
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