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Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1947 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 11/18/1974 | Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
| 6/11/1946 | Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre. |
| 10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
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