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Historical Event on 8/20/1917

Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
2/2/1958Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.