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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
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
8/18/1969Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
6/27/2000Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.