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Historical Event on 7/20/1957

India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
2/21/1998Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"".
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
11/28/1998The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.