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Historical Event on 7/20/1991
Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".

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7/13/1995	Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.
8/17/1882	Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
9/12/1779	Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
11/27/1946	London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline.
3/20/1977	General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
4/29/1957	The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
6/23/1985	Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/20/1602	United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
2/6/1915	Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
1/11/1966	Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".

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