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Historical Event on 4/20/1888

246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.