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Historical Event on 1/1/1920

Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).