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Historical Event on 8/20/1915

Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
8/22/1922Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces.
1/18/1936Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).