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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 |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 9/6/1774 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 12/5/1991 | The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India. |
| 11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
| 11/25/1995 | Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi. |
| 6/3/1895 | Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born. |
| 1/25/1954 | Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 10/12/1998 | Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma |
| 10/1/1909 | Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement. |
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