Miami Indian Community - MiamiIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/20/1985

Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
7/5/1947Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
7/6/1992Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).