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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
5/14/1978Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.