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Historical Event on 5/20/1915

Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
7/9/1992The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).