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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
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
6/20/1756Saint Kabir was born.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.