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Historical Event on 12/20/1946

Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1872V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
12/3/1971India recognises Bangladesh. Indian army marches into Bangladesh and joins hands with Mukti Bahini. Pakistani Army in Bangladesh surrenders to the Indian Commander.