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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 |
| 7/31/1938 | Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 3/24/1977 | Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted. |
| 7/1/1984 | Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 1/17/1989 | Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole. |
| 10/23/1999 | A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
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