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Historical Event on 8/20/1998

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
11/1/1937Keral University established.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.