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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
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).