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Historical Event on 8/20/1993

Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1957Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
10/19/1920Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
6/23/1946Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.