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Historical Event on 1/20/1959

Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
10/1/1953The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.