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Historical Event on 3/20/1925
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.
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| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 12/16/2000 | Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu. |
| 2/27/1996 | Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit. |
| 9/21/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi. |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 12/13/1947 | Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
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