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Historical Event on 2/20/1847
Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
| 6/24/1928 | Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/25/1988 | Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 4/3/1994 | S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
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