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Historical Event on 12/20/1850
Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1974 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 9/15/1926 | Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. |
| 1/29/1948 | Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 6/20/1897 | Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born. |
| 8/20/1995 | 305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP). |
| 8/20/1995 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 4/28/1848 | Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa. |
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