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Historical Event on 8/20/1995
305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 6/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/18/1895 | Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District. |
| 9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 8/5/1909 | Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh. |
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