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Historical Event on 1/20/1948

1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.