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Historical Event on 6/20/1948
Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/9/1994 | Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
| 6/11/1998 | Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 3/16/1928 | C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
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