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Historical Event on 7/20/1905

First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
1/15/1948Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace.