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Historical Event on 2/20/1992

Pandit Gauri Shankar, famous dance director in Hindi films, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1925Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.
6/11/1907Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
12/25/1880Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
2/12/1995The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
2/21/1987Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India.