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Historical Event on 6/20/1911

Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.