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Historical Event on 8/20/1933

Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1955Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.