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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
2/9/1757In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.