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Historical Event on 12/20/1904

Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1994Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
9/21/1992The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
1/30/1785Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
4/24/1942Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.