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Historical Event on 12/20/1920

Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal  was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).