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Historical Event on 2/20/1928

Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
1/16/1988L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
12/25/1969India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.