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Historical Event on 1/20/1939

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1998Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
2/26/1937Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
8/22/1922Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.