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Historical Event on 1/20/1817
Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1986 | Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India. |
| 10/13/1987 | Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay. |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
| 11/7/1996 | Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
| 1/1/1897 | Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P. |
| 11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
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