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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 |
| 8/20/1998 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 1/14/1938 | Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta. |
| 4/7/1986 | Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa. |
| 2/15/1997 | Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 9/4/1921 | British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras. |
| 8/23/1872 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/10/1997 | The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad. |
| 10/28/1999 | Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha. |
| 9/30/2000 | Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik. |
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