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Historical Event on 5/20/1878

Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.