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Historical Event on 1/20/1988
Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1997 | India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi. |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 10/29/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote. |
| 8/15/1960 | Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 4/24/1996 | SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct. |
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