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Historical Event on 7/20/1898
Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat.
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| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
| 9/25/1999 | Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 2/8/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
| 4/5/1993 | G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 3/25/1983 | Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
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