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Historical Event on 11/20/1907
Railroad workers strike in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1888 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
| 11/23/1946 | Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 9/4/1665 | Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 5/19/1992 | Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 6/3/1865 | George V, King of England (1910-36), was born. |
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