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Historical Event on 1/20/1999
Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 1/19/1995 | Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress. |
| 7/18/1987 | Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet. |
| 5/10/1992 | Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi. |
| 3/4/1927 | Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
| 1/30/1947 | Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20). |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
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