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Historical Event on 4/20/1887
Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 9/12/1932 | Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born. |
| 1/15/1949 | General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 7/31/1919 | Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda. |
| 12/21/1998 | The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen. |
| 1/5/1995 | Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
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