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Historical Event on 7/20/1654
Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
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| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 2/19/1992 | An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 5/27/1995 | National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India. |
| 1/1/1985 | Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum. |
| 3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
| 3/21/1996 | Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences. |
| 1/21/1978 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested. |
| 10/1/1991 | India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair. |
| 3/9/1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
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