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Historical Event on 11/20/1989

Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.
12/14/1864Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
4/11/1993Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
6/20/1918K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.