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Historical Event on 8/20/1993

Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.