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Historical Event on 6/20/1897

Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1993Zafar Saifullah was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1994.
7/31/1993Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne.
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.