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Historical Event on 1/20/1994

Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
11/12/1990Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
4/8/1946HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island.