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Historical Event on 5/20/1915
Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
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| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 3/21/1998 | Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 12/1/1932 | A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London. |
| 11/15/1993 | Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme |
| 5/9/1992 | M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal. |
| 7/23/1898 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 5/4/1957 | Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
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