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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
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
11/29/1989Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party



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