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Historical Event on 6/20/1869
Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
1/21/1978 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested. |
1/21/1978 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
9/19/1936 | Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer. |
7/19/1938 | Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
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