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Historical Event on 1/20/1959

Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
1/4/1924Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.