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Historical Event on 11/20/1917

Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.

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3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.