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Historical Event on 1/20/1999
Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1977 | World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay. |
| 12/21/1952 | Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 11/23/1991 | India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics. |
| 7/4/1897 | Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement. |
| 12/24/1998 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists. |
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