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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
3/28/1995Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
9/11/1889Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.