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Historical Event on 1/20/1948
1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/1997 | Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas. |
| 10/3/1997 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 2/23/1768 | Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. |
| 9/9/1920 | Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 4/15/1946 | Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
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