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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
2/10/1927Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
3/3/1931Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
11/22/1999A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.