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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.