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Historical Event on 1/20/1959

Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
5/20/1850Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.