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Historical Event on 2/20/2000

India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
3/18/1998A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.