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Historical Event on 8/20/1933

Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.