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Historical Event on 1/20/1994

Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
6/3/1992Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.