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Historical Event on 8/20/1991
Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
| 6/23/1757 | The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal. |
| 12/23/1976 | Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor. |
| 11/1/1936 | Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998. |
| 9/3/1767 | Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 7/21/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 7/28/1912 | Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born. |
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