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Historical Event on 8/20/1909

Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.

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12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
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2/5/1993The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
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9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.