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Historical Event on 1/20/1999

Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
11/29/1959Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
6/5/1896Muhammad Ismail Sahib, president of the Madras State Muslim League and freedom fighter, was born at Pettai, Tamil Nadu. He was the member of Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.