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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
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.