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Historical Event on 1/20/1988

Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1916Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.