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Historical Event on 2/20/1985

Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.