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Historical Event on 10/20/1919

Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.