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Krishna Kanta Handiqui is born
Sanskrit scholar Krishna Kanta Handiqui was born in Jorhat on 20 July 1898; he later became the founding Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University.
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Sri Krishna Singh forms the Bihar ministry
After the 1937 provincial elections and an initial impasse over office acceptance, Sri Krishna Singh formed the Congress ministry in Bihar on 20 July 1937.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.