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Historical Event on 8/20/1997
Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1986 | Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
| 10/29/1920 | Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating. |
| 10/29/1920 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 5/7/1973 | The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 4/16/1958 | Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore. |
| 12/11/1986 | The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86). |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 5/5/1993 | Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
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