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Historical Event on 8/20/1997
Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1995 | Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away. |
| 11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 10/10/1964 | Olympics opened at Tokyo |
| 5/15/1992 | BSE closed. |
| 1/2/1960 | Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/29/1939 | Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara. |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
| 10/2/1969 | Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
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