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Historical Event on 4/20/1887

Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
9/9/1997G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.