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Historical Event on 2/20/1953

India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
5/31/1995Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
6/6/1969Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.