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Historical Event on 8/20/1917
Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1917 | Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades |
| 4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 2/1/1831 | The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1908 | Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India. |
| 7/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
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