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Historical Event on 7/20/1969
M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1983 | Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections. |
| 9/8/1910 | Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died. |
| 7/5/1994 | Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala. |
| 9/12/1971 | Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
| 4/30/1996 | CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
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