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Historical Event on 4/20/1930

The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
2/19/1993SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.