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Historical Event on 12/20/1942
Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 12/10/1902 | Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary). |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 12/12/1925 | Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
| 2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 10/23/1990 | Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government. |
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