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Historical Event on 2/20/1993

Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.