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Historical Event on 9/20/1933

Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
8/27/2000Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.