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Historical Event on 12/20/1876
Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1990 | DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
| 11/14/1959 | Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 4/27/1993 | A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
| 1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 2/24/1948 | The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 9/19/1936 | Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer. |
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