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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 |
| 5/21/1990 | Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 7/10/1965 | First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 11/13/1780 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born. |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
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