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Historical Event on 11/20/1989

Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
11/30/1759Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.