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Historical Event on 8/20/1997
Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam. |
| 1/12/1906 | Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born. |
| 12/6/1946 | Homeguard Organination was established. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 12/6/2000 | Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. |
| 2/7/1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
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