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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 |
| 12/26/1801 | Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter. |
| 5/10/1917 | Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore. |
| 7/26/1844 | Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court. |
| 8/16/1997 | Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
| 4/4/1984 | Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 2/13/1994 | Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away. |
| 2/10/1927 | Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born. |
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