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Historical Event on 1/20/1939
Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 6/1/1916 | Lokmanya Tilak roared ''Freedom is by birthright'' at Ahmednagar. |
| 2/6/1959 | Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 9/1/1978 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981. |
| 10/16/1920 | B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka. |
| 11/2/1871 | Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born. |
| 8/3/1993 | Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission. |
| 8/3/1993 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 8/3/1993 | Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj. |
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