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Historical Event on 8/20/1998

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.