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Historical Event on 7/20/1905

First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.

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2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
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12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
6/11/1964Dr. Jayant Narlikar, great mathematician of India, submitted his thesis to Royal Society of London.