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Historical Event on 3/20/1997
Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
| 11/30/2000 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 6/30/1917 | Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92. |
| 9/22/1869 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/11/1993 | Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed. |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
| 2/10/1943 | Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3. |
| 8/9/2000 | Parliament approves the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000, paving the way for the creation of a separate Chhattisgarh State. |
| 11/1/1999 | Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General. |
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