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Historical Event on 8/20/1985

Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
5/9/1996J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
10/6/1985Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.