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Historical Event on 3/20/1920

Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
9/30/1881Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".