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Historical Event on 8/20/1933

Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.