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Historical Event on 4/20/1992
U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
| 10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 10/13/1991 | Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi. |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 5/9/1753 | Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi. |
| 6/5/1997 | Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned. |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
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