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Historical Event on 2/20/1968

First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.