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Historical Event on 7/20/1957
India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/2/1994 | Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 12/6/1995 | Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 7/10/1996 | Budget session of Parliament begins. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
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