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Historical Event on 2/20/1953

India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
11/19/1975Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
12/10/1993Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled.
1/2/1987Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.