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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
2/21/1991Opposition boycotts the President's address as a protest against the dismissal of Tamil Nadu government.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
10/24/1868Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
5/13/1949Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.