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Historical Event on 2/20/1985

Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.