History News Desk !! The history of 20 February is considered important because in 1999, on this day, Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee traveled to Pakistan. In 1999, the sports channel started on Doordarshan on the day of 20 February.
Important events of 20 February
1547 – Edward Shashtham was coroned at the post of ruler of England in Vastminist Abe. 1798 – Louis Alexander Birthier promotes Pope Pyas Shashtham. 1833 – Russian ship reached the Bay of Bassforus to help Türkiye in war with Egypt. 1835 – Calcutta Medical College opened officially. 1846 – The British capture Lahore. 1847 – Establishment of Royal Calcutta Turf Club. 1868 – ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’ begins to publication in Bangla in a weekly form. 1872 – ‘Metropolitan Museum of Arts’ opened in New York City. 1873 – The University of California starts its first medical college in San Francisco. 1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets German industrialists to support the Nazi party in the elections. 1935 – Caroline Mixelson becomes the first woman to reach Antarctic. 1940 – announced the restrictions on new investments in South Africa in England. 1942 – Japanese soldiers attacked Bali in Dutch East Indies in the Second World War. 1947 – British Prime Minister Clement Atli announced independence to India. 1962 – John H Glenn becomes the first astronaut of America. 1965 – Ranger launched by NASA landed on eight moons, sending fota and necessary data. 1968 – K.E.M. of Mumbai Hospital doctor P.K. Sen performed the first operation of heart transplant. 1975 – Margaret Thatcher elected the leader of the British Conservative Party. 1976 – Production of crude oil begins at a commercial level at Mumbai High. 1982 – Agreement in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on Kanhar river water. 1986 – Projection of more developed space station ‘Mir’ (peace) by the Soviet Union than ‘Seleut -7’. 1987 – Himachal Pradesh is made the 24th state of the Indian Union. Inauguration of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh as the 23rd and 24th state respectively. 1988 – Rio de Janeiro killed 65 people due to floods and more than 100 people from a hospital went missing. 1989 – A barrack of the British Army in Turnhill in a hurry done by IRA. 1999 – Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee traveled to Pakistan’s historic bus. The sports channel started on Doordarshan. 2001 – Lithuvania President Edmkas reached India, three agreements in both countries. Senior CPI leader Indrajit Gupta passed away. 2000 – Indian -origin British writer Salman Rushdie decided to leave Britain and settle in New York. 2002 – 373 died of fire in a moving train in Cairo (Egypt). 2003 – 302 people died in a plane crash in Iran. 2007 – The European Union agrees to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by 20 percent by 2010. 2008- Offset policy in the defense deal approves. Four government banks led by State Bank of India cut the FIR loan rates by 0.25.-0.50%. The presidential contender in the US, Baram Obama, registered his ninth win. 2009- Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen went on to impeach on corruption charges. 2015 – 49 people killed in two trains collision in Rafz city of Switzerland.
Person born on 20 February
1955 – Raghuvendra Tanwar – is an Indian litterateur. 1946 – Pankaj Bisht – is the prestigious journalist, storyteller, novelist and critic of Hindi literature. 1945 – Anu Kapoor, Indian actor 1947 – Jayant Kumar Malaiya – Leader of ‘Bharatiya Janata Party’, Madhya Pradesh. 1976 – Rohan Gawaskar, Cricketer 1988 – Jia Khan, Indian actress 1936 – Jarnail Singh – is one of the best players of football. 1935 – N. Janardhana Reddy – He was a politician of the Indian National Congress, who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. 1932 – K. V. Subna- Famous Kannada drama. 1932 – Bhabendra Nath Saikia – Indian novelist, short story writer and film director. 1921 – Rao Virendra Singh – was the second Chief Minister of Haryana. 1909 – Ajay Ghosh – was the leader of the Communist Party of India.
Died on 20 February
1707 – Aurangzeb – Mughal ruler. 1972 – Shivnarayan Srivastava – Study and interesting creator of Hindi literature. 1985 – Bhavani Prasad Mishra – famous Hindi poet and Gandhian thinker. 1950 – Sharat Chandra Bose – Freedom Fighter. 1934 – Swami Shivanand – Ramakrishna was the second Sangh Speaker of the Mission.
Important opportunities and celebrations of 20 February
Arunachal Pradesh Day. Mizoram Day. World Social Justice Day
