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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.