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Historical Event on 8/20/1997

Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
2/23/1997Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
10/27/1926Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.