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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 |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 1/5/1934 | Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 12/25/1995 | First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras. |
| 11/15/1995 | Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 9/25/1947 | Kashmir accedes to Indian Union. |
| 12/23/1954 | Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence. |
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