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Historical Event on 9/20/1932

Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.

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10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
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1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
4/14/1944Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.