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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.

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7/4/1999	S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
2/8/1986	Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
3/23/1940	All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
1/23/1978	The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
9/23/1997	India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
6/9/1998	Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
8/17/1882	Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
4/8/1997	Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
3/21/1996	Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
11/3/1929	Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.

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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.

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.