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Historical Event on 10/20/1997

Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
7/24/1991Union budget imposes all-round price hike.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
3/5/1922Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.