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Historical Event on 10/20/1997

All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
9/26/1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.