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Historical Event on 8/20/1909
Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 6/28/1986 | Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram. |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
| 11/13/1992 | Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 4/10/1997 | Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
| 8/13/1951 | First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India. |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
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