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Historical Event on 10/20/1919
Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 2/17/1997 | Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act. |
| 6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 12/1/1998 | P. Subramaniam Poti (75), former Chief Justice of Kerala and Gujarat High Court, dies of a heart attack. |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
| 11/30/2000 | CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. |
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