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Historical Event on 1/20/1988

Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
1/10/1996All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
3/18/1990Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.