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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.

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10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
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4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.