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Historical Event on 6/20/1897

Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
2/9/1946Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
2/9/1946Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.