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Historical Event on 6/20/1921

Tilak University was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
2/13/1922The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.