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Historical Event on 8/20/1917

Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
11/27/1962Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
4/4/1905More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.