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Historical Event on 6/20/1957
Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 9/11/1993 | Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi. |
| 3/23/1913 | Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government. |
| 6/17/1995 | Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 2/7/1993 | Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time. |
| 5/3/1945 | Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
| 11/16/1986 | Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore. |
| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
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