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Historical Event on 9/20/1933
Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
| 8/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
| 5/27/1964 | Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India. |
| 2/21/1952 | General Election ( 1st) of India ends. |
| 2/11/1993 | Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 11/9/1967 | Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded. |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
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