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Historical Event on 1/20/1959
Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 8/27/1990 | The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections. |
| 10/24/2000 | Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi. |
| 4/12/1967 | Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968. |
| 5/3/1927 | Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 9/1/1887 | Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born. |
| 6/19/1949 | People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union. |
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