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Historical Event on 6/20/1957
Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India begins. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 9/23/1967 | P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
| 12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
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