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Historical Event on 4/7/1920

Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
12/12/1961Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.