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Historical Event on 8/20/1944
Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1951 | Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party. |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 9/2/1960 | Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away. |
| 4/26/1992 | Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away. |
| 4/6/1934 | Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 1/3/1831 | Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra. |
| 1/24/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting). |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 11/10/1848 | Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
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