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Historical Event on 1/20/1871

Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.