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Historical Event on 4/20/1914

Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.