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Historical Event on 11/20/1917

Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
1/22/1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.