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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
10/6/1927First Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee, under the chairmanship of Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachariar, was appointed by the Government.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.