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Historical Event on 8/20/1915

Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.