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Historical Event on 8/20/1991

Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1872Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.