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Historical Event on 9/20/1940

Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
9/18/2000Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
3/3/1906Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
4/8/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.