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Historical Event on 12/20/1956
Saint Gadgebaba died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1960 | Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died. |
| 2/6/1827 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 1/1/1891 | Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 6/18/1887 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
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