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Historical Event on 1/20/1879

Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.

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4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
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9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
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1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.