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Historical Event on 8/20/1944
Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1990 | Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
| 7/25/1988 | Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 9/21/1997 | I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed. |
| 12/12/1999 | Ram Prakash Gupta, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, said Ram temple issue is still on BJP's agenda. |
| 6/6/1996 | 14 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
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