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Historical Event on 6/20/1911

Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.

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4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.