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Historical Event on 4/20/1991

Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
12/22/1992Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.