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Historical Event on 10/20/1997

Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
12/23/1954Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.