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Historical Event on 6/20/1948

Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
12/11/1922Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.