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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
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.