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Historical Event on 1/20/1948
1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1948	Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
11/22/1968	Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
6/13/1909	E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
5/14/1976	Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
7/30/1993	CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
12/14/1994	10 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
12/14/1994	Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
7/5/1997	Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
9/4/1979	India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
9/8/1993	Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.

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