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Historical Event on 4/20/1960

Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.