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Historical Event on 12/20/1957
Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 12/30/1803 | East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch. |
| 7/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
| 1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
| 7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 5/5/1947 | Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
| 6/5/1961 | Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979. |
| 9/17/1999 | India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 8/2/1763 | British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. |
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