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Historical Event on 10/20/1992
Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 3/26/1992 | Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 9/22/2000 | Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case. |
| 8/4/1993 | Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died. |
| 11/20/1997 | Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding. |
| 7/13/1830 | Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part. |
| 7/9/1995 | 17 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas. |
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