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Historical Event on 11/20/1917

J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
5/11/1919Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India.