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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 |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 7/4/1999 | S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode. |
| 12/20/1992 | BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast. |
| 9/25/1990 | Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 10/9/1996 | PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14. |
| 1/30/1996 | Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore. |
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