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Historical Event on 8/20/1921

The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
11/20/1917Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
1/1/1950Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
2/7/1981Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal.