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Historical Event on 8/20/1917

Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.