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Historical Event on 2/20/1846
Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
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| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 7/15/1783 | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals. |
| 9/5/1995 | 30 member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council sworn-in that was conceded by the Government of India in 1993. |
| 11/21/1947 | First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General. |
| 12/15/1997 | Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
| 7/20/1957 | India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar. |
| 5/14/1954 | President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
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