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Historical Event on 7/20/1991

Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
8/25/1992Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.