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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
9/19/1911Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.