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Historical Event on 8/20/1985

Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
12/23/1954Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
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