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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
6/26/1991Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.