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Historical Event on 8/20/1993

Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
2/13/1994Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away.
6/7/1993Sai Baba escapes attempt on life. Four assailants and two bodyguards were killed.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.