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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 |
| 1/19/1995 | Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 7/5/1658 | Aurangzeb arrested Murad. |
| 9/3/1992 | Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court. |
| 7/5/1968 | Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 7/23/1898 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born. |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
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