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Historical Event on 1/20/1897

Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.

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7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
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5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.