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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
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
7/7/1992Truckers call off strike.
7/7/1992Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.