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Historical Event on 1/20/1879
Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 12/3/1955 | In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union. |
| 11/25/1993 | National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993. |
| 11/11/1793 | English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
| 8/22/1979 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
| 1/24/1995 | Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 4/4/1942 | Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War. |
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