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Historical Event on 1/20/1948

1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
6/10/1908Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
9/21/1990Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report.