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Historical Event on 1/20/1957
South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1992 | The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
| 11/7/1900 | Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born. |
| 7/28/1997 | 12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
| 6/16/1946 | Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London. |
| 11/5/1950 | Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died. |
| 7/3/1979 | Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
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