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Historical Event on 9/20/1997

President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1817Ram 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.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
8/14/1900S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.