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Historical Event on 1/20/1879

Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.