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Historical Event on 1/20/1939

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
1/1/1924Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea).
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.