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Historical Event on 04/20/1236
Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
| 8/4/1914 | Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps. |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 6/11/1901 | Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
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