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Historical Event on 7/20/1991

Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
4/3/1992Nagaland brought under President's rule.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
1/2/1987Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.