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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
12/15/1803East India Company captured Orrisa state.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
5/10/1985P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.