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Historical Event on 9/20/1933

Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1951Recognition to Libya by India accorded.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
12/12/1994N.T. Rama Rao, TDP leader in Andhra Pradesh, and Pavan Kumar Chamling, leader of Sikkim Democratic Front, take oath of office; Rishang Keishing of Manipur sworn in as CM; Liquor banned in AP by NT Rama Rao.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
2/25/1840Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.