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Historical Event on 3/20/1904

Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
2/11/1847Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.