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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"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
6/26/1992The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
10/28/1997Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
6/3/1993K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.