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Historical Event on 5/20/1878

Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
7/23/1912Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born.
1/7/1885Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.