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Historical Event on 2/20/1868

Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1868Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
6/19/1877Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.