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Historical Event on 6/20/1946

Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
7/24/1993Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
7/7/1896The premier show of the 'Marvel of the Century', first cinema show India, arranged by the Representatives of French Lumiere brothers- Louis and August Lumiere, was held at Watson Hotel in Bombay. The regular shows, however, started from July 14, 1896 at the Novelty Theatre. This show advertisment appeared in the 'Times of India', carrying details of a film show to be held for the first time on Indian soil.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
1/12/1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.