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Historical Event on 2/20/1968

Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.

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9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
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6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.