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Historical Event on 8/20/1917

Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1925Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
7/27/1992Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.