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Historical Event on 4/7/1920

Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
3/28/1994Leaders attack trade protectionism.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.