On This Day
20 February
- 🇮🇳 In India
- 1863 A R Rajraja Varma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born. He was a professor of Oriental Languages at Maharaja's College, Trivandrum.
- 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.
- 1950 Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian barrister and independence activist, died at Kolkata. He was the elder brother of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
- 1987 Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram attained statehood. Arunachal Pradesh was earlier known as North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and Mizoram was previously part of Assam. In 1972 both were carved out as Union Territories.
- 🌎 Elsewhere
- 1938 Adolf Hitler announces his support for Japan during the Sino-Japanese War.
- 1962 John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, lands safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1986 The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir.
- ⭐ Significance
- World Day of Social Justice is an international day recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections.
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