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Historical Event on 2/20/1846
Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
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| 6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 7/29/1748 | Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 7/1/1856 | In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. |
| 4/18/1998 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal. |
| 11/23/1993 | 'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur. |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
| 11/15/2000 | Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi. |
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