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Historical Event on 8/20/1998

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
4/23/1928Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
1/26/1919Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.