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Historical Event on 07/20/1296

Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).

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4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
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8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
7/5/1901B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931).