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Historical Event on 3/20/1920
Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.

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4/2/1987	Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
8/2/1763	British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
9/17/1938	Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
6/23/1987	D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
3/16/1992	Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
4/1/1996	Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
10/12/1990	Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
6/5/1999	The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
6/18/1997	Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
1/14/1995	Ban on VHP re-imposed.

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Historical Event on 3/20/1920 Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.

Historical Event on 3/20/1920
Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.