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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 |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 3/28/1994 | G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi. |
| 12/25/1846 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 7/22/1925 | Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born. |
| 7/1/1938 | Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born. |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
| 12/5/2000 | Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'. |
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