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Historical Event on 4/20/1914
Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1996 | 14 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry. |
| 11/15/1949 | Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 1/11/1960 | Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan. |
| 2/26/1976 | V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'. |
| 11/13/1780 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born. |
| 5/27/1997 | Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
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