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Historical Event on 8/20/1905

Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
6/3/1993K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.