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Historical Event on 12/20/1957

Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.

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12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
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6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.