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Historical Event on 1/20/1988
Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 7/31/1916 | Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar. |
| 4/14/1948 | Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India. |
| 4/25/1976 | India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt. |
| 7/31/2000 | The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 9/25/1997 | India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi. |
| 11/30/1858 | Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). |
| 4/3/1999 | India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
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