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Historical Event on 3/20/1920

Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1968Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.