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Historical Event on 6/20/1957

Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
3/14/1895Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
4/19/1976Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
9/15/1916Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.