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Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.

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5/12/1923	Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
12/14/2000	The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act.
2/23/1962	The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
1/8/1908	Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
7/31/1997	Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
7/16/1997	Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
9/15/1947	Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
11/27/1999	BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
9/30/1996	PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
12/8/1992	World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.

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Historical Event on 2/20/1947 British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.

Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.