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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
1/16/2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
7/27/1910Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.