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Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1805 | Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers. |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 10/2/1999 | Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 11/8/1991 | K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
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