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Historical Event on 8/20/1933

Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.