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Historical Event on 8/20/1917
Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
| 5/6/1952 | Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education. |
| 12/11/1988 | Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague. |
| 10/13/1978 | Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress. |
| 10/5/1993 | Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 11/20/1989 | Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away. |
| 6/16/1946 | Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
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