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Historical Event on 7/20/1903

British to increase size of Royal Army in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
8/8/1991India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
7/18/1993Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.