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Historical Event on 2/20/1947

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
2/17/1994Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.