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Historical Event on 2/20/1847

Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
8/15/1968Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).