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Historical Event on 12/20/1942

Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.