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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
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
3/18/1916Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.