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Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.

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11/18/1937	1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year.
7/31/1996	Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally.
4/11/2000	Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
11/13/1909	Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
7/6/1944	Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
11/27/2000	After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
2/19/1978	Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
10/5/1864	Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
2/8/1994	Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.

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Historical Event on 2/20/1947 British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.

Historical Event on 2/20/1947
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.