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Historical Event on 5/20/1915
Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1861 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 3/17/1957 | Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away. |
| 2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 8/15/1960 | Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 5/25/1894 | Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
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