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Historical Event on 2/20/1968

Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1914Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
12/11/1994H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.