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Historical Event on 4/20/1887

Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1999A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.