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Historical Event on 05/20/1399
Saint Kabir was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
| 5/1/1994 | Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
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