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Historical Event on 2/20/1992
Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
| 5/4/1935 | Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab. |
| 6/13/1931 | Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London. |
| 6/13/1931 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 2/20/1827 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune. |
| 10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 11/2/1967 | Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students. |
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