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Historical Event on 03/20/1351

Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.