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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.