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Historical Event on 6/20/1858

Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.

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1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
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5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
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12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
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11/30/2000Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.