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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 |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 9/30/1900 | Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 1/5/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad. |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
| 7/23/1904 | The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains. |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
| 11/2/1994 | Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter. |
| 10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
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