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Historical Event on 12/20/1969

Nihalsingh Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Dehli and Governor of Rajasthan, died.

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12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.