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Historical Event on 8/20/1997
Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 1/28/1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab. |
| 6/23/1975 | Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died. |
| 2/1/1922 | Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience. |
| 2/1/1922 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 12/26/1801 | Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 9/13/1965 | Pakistanis bomb Bombay. |
| 5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
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