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Historical Event on 2/20/1992
Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
| 8/1/1992 | Narasimha Rao, PM, dedicates Vizag Steel Plant to the nation. |
| 8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
| 10/31/1895 | Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur. |
| 5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
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