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Historical Event on 11/20/1999
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1996 | Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 8/15/1947 | Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
| 5/17/1997 | Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 11/3/1988 | Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives. |
| 6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
| 9/19/1726 | Khandoballal died. |
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