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Historical Event on 9/20/1942

Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1915Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
2/11/1847Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.