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Historical Event on 4/20/1960

Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
2/18/1911Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.