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Historical Event on 08/20/1597
The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1989 | Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 2/26/1998 | Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal. |
| 1/6/1980 | In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 4/21/1997 | Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal. |
| 4/19/1995 | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery. |
| 6/5/1981 | Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88. |
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