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Historical Event on 12/20/1931

Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
12/1/1911Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.