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Historical Event on 8/20/1933

Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1933
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
5/20/1878Meerabai, saint poet, passed away.