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Historical Event on 7/20/1991

Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
12/12/1992Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.