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Historical Event on 3/20/1992

Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
8/29/1956India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.