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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1976Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi.
3/26/1972The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.