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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
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
5/1/1995Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
6/5/1997Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.